Holder for gramophone-records.



R. B-.- LEWIS. HOLDER FOR GRAMOPHONE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1912.

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ATTUEWEY.

Patented N0v'.12,1912.

UNITED. STATES ROBERT B. Lewis, FJrHI ADEQLrHIA, PENNSYLVANIA;lissxenon'aoiiia'rioiian METAL Eben BOX COMPANY, or PHILADELPHIA?,PENNsYLVaNIA} A cohroen'rlou f {,Be it known that L'Itonmrr BuLEw1s,' a-"c1t1zen of the- United States, residing at Philadelphia, county ofPhiladelphia, and

' State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHolders for Gramophone-Records, of which the following is a full,clear," and exact description,

reference being had to the accompanying 10 drawings, which form a partof this speci- The object of my invention is to produce a holder forgramophone and other records which 'will have the advantage ofcheapness, simplicity and durability and which 'will hold the recordssecurely in place while per-' mitting them to be readily removed.

The nature of the invention will be clear from the accompanyingdrawings, which I of anouter cover and internal leaves.

View of the holder.

The main parts of the structure consist It will be observed that theblank for the cover is composed of a single sheetof card-board h orother stiff material which is scored along transverse'lines to form thenarrow end sections a and b, the narrow central section 0 and the widesections (2 and 0 between a and c and between 6 and 0 respectively. Thescored sheet of card board is then bent into a :box form and the ends aand b overlapped and secured together by the fasteners 00. There is thusformed a cover having a face d and back 6 of an area approximating indimensions those of the record, narrow sides a b and c, and open endsInto the open ends of the cover are slipped anumber (say three) ofleaves 7 similar in contour to the face and back ofthe cover.

Both the leaves and the face and back of the cover are provided withregistering holes h, 2', 7a, m, n, 0. These holes are arranged along aline which corresponds approximately to the contour of therecords to beinserted in the holder. In the specific embodiment shown, the holes arearranged Helper; FOR GBAMoPHoNE-nEoomJs.

Speeificationof Letters Patent, I "Pgit ent d Application filed May. 1,1912. Serial No. 694,531

along a circular line'whosecenter is located at about the center oftheholder and whose ,radius is approximately.equal to the radius of the"circular gramophone rccords. Through these'holes is passed a retainingthreador tape g. .Preferably onefend of thetape isv first passed throughthe holes A: from front to back of the holder, thence through holes 2',from back to front, thence throughholes 2. from front to back; thencethrough holes 2' from back to front, and

thence through holes in from front to back.

In a similar manner the tape is threaded through the holes on, a and 0on the other The ends of the tape are then secured together. The endlesssecuring tape is of such length as to leave a certain amount of slackbetween the holes.

The face (Z and back 0 of the cover, and the leaves f. are, at the frontend of the cover, cut a. ay to form curved indentations or recesses r.and, at the rear end of the cover cut away to formsimilar. smallerrecesses s, which latter recesses are of sufficient depth to intersectthe line along which the holes 7L, 2', etc. are arranged.

In practice, the flat records 25 are inserted into the severalcompartments formed between the leaves and between the leaves and cover.Where, as is shown in the drawings, three leaves are inserted, fourcompartments will be formed. After'all the compartments are filled, thecombined thickness of the leaves and the records will be about equal tothe width of the narrow sides of the cover. Thus the records will besecurly-con fined in their respective compartments.

In inserting the records, their extent of insertion is limited by thesections of tape extending from face to back of the cover through theseveral holes, and in view of the arrangement of these holes along aline which corresponds approximately to the contour of the records, theedges of the records 'willenga'ge', and be supported by, the tape atvarious points across the holder.

After the records are inserted, the edges of the records will project,at one point in their common margin within the recesses s. In removingany particular record, it is only necessary to place the finger againstthe edge projecting within the recesses s and push the record forwarduntil its ;opposite edge proof shallow box-shape havin jects beyondv theother records, whereupon it may be grasped at its'opposite edge and bereadily withdrawn.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. A holder for records comprising a non- .expansible box-shaped. vercomprising a face, back, and two narrow closed sides and having two openends, independent. leaves inserted within the cover, and securing meansengaging the leaves and cover near one open end and holding the sametogether.

2. A holder for records comprising a cover of shallow box-shape havingtwo opposite open ends, leaves inserted within the cover, said leavesand cover near one open end having a number of registering orifices, anda tape threaded through said orifices and holding the leaves and covertogether;

3. A holder for records comprising a cover two opposite open ends,leaves inserted wlthin the cover, said leaves and cover near one openend having a row of registering orifices arranged along a linecorresponding to the contour of the records to be inserted, and a tapethreaded through said orifices and holding the leaves and 'covertogether.

4. A holder for records comprisinga cover of shallow box-shape havingtwo opposite open ends, leaves inserted within the cover, said leavesand cover near one open end having a row of registering orificesarranged across the holder, and a tape threaded through said orificesand of such a length as to provide a degree of 'slackness when theholder is empty, whereby when the records are inserted the tape will bedrawn substantially taut.

5. A holder for records comprising a cover of shallow box shape havingan open end for the reception of the records, leaves inserted within thecover and forming between themselves and between themselves and thecover record-compartments, and securing means engaging the leaves andcover at the opposite end of the holder, said cover and leaves havingregistering recesses at the last named end of the holder to facilitatethe removal of the records.

6. -A holder for records comprising-a cover open ends, leaves insertedwithin the cover, said leaves and cover near one open end having anumber of registering orlfices, a tape threaded through the orifices andholding the leaves and cover together, said cover and leaves havingrelatively small registering indentations at the last-named end of theholder and relatively large registering indentations at the opposite orrecord-insertingend of the holder.

7. A holder for records comprising a cover of shallow box-shape havingtwo opposite open ends, leaves inserted within the co er, said leavesand cover near one open end having a row of registering orificesarranged along a line corresponding to the contour of the records to be,inserted, a tape threaded through said orifices and holding the leavesand cover together, said leaves and .cover having along their edges atthe last-named end of the holdereentral indentations intersecting theline along which said orifices are arranged.

8. A holder for records comprising a cover composed of narrow endsections and a narrow central section and wide sect-ions between saidcentral section and end sections, said cover being folded into box formand the narrow end sections overlapped and secured together, the saidwide se ,tions being provided, along one longitudina edge of the coverwith relatively large centrally located indentations and along the otherlongitudinal edge of the cover with relatively small centrally-locatedindentations, internal leaves corresponding in size and contour with thewide sections of the cover, said leaves and wide sections near the endof the holder provided with the smaller indentations, having a row ofregistering orifices arranged across the holder along the arc of acircle whose center is located at about the center of the holder, andatape threaded alternately from front to back of the holder,

first in one direction and then in the other together and the tape beingof such length as to provide a degreeof slackness adapted to be taken upby the lnserted records.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, atPhiladelphia, on

this 27th day of April, 1912-. of shallow box-shape having two oppositeROBERT LEWIS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD B. TEMPLE, HENRY W. JACKSON.

